Mix all ingredients except panko. Place chicken into 2 qt. casserole dish, Pour marinade over top of chicken making sure all chicken is covered. Cover and refrigerate for 2-4 hours. Remove cover and use a brush to repaint the chicken. Liberally sprinkle panko over top of chicken. Bake uncovered at 375 degrees for 1 hour or until chicken reaches internal temp. of 165 degrees.
Now it is your turn to show off what you are proud of.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

It is hard to belive that Christmas is just right around the corner. I don't think I will be ready, but it usually works out in the end. So here is a twist for the traditional chocolate chip cookie, I added about a cup of crushed pretzel. Turned out really tasty.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

I would like to thank everyone who faithfully come back every week to participate in Show Your Stuff. It is hard to believe it has been over a year already. So this week I am showing off my husband's famous chili recipe.

Mix
shortening, butter, sugar, and eggs until creamed. Add baking powder,
salt, and flour, mix until smooth. Split dough into 2 halves. on first
half add mint flavoring and green food color to desired color, mix well
wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. repeat with other half
and cherry flavor and red food color. after 1 hour cut each 1/2 in half.
then roll out a green quarter on to wax paper (very thin) 1/8"
thickness. repeat with other three quarters. Make sure all quarters are
about the same size. Place a red sheet on top of green sheet and roll
into log, wrap and refrigerate 1 hour. Repeat with other 2 sheets of
dough. Preheat oven to 400 degrees, cut logs into 1/4" slices and place
on ungreased cookie sheet. bake 7-8 minutes. makes 50-60 cookies.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

I made this cake for my son's 18th birthday. It is cookies layered
with Butterfingers and pudding. The pudding makes the cookies soft like
cake in about 8 hours. This is similar to my Butterfinger Dessert, using chocolate chip cookies instead of angle food cake. So be warned that this will be a little heavy and rich, but oh it is soooo good!

So here is how you make it.

Make a batch of chocolate chip cookies, I have the original Nestle Toll House Recipe here.
make sure the cookies are cool.

Combine milk and pudding mix. Crush candy bars and add to pudding mix ( you can reserve some for garnish). Fold in Cool Whip.

I made my cake on a regular dinner plate. Put a small amount of pudding on the plate, add a layer of cookies. Cover cookies with pudding, Repeat adding cookies and pudding. finishing with pudding and garnish with crushed Butterfinger.

Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 8 hours. Cookies will get soft. Keep refridgerated.

Preheat
oven to 375. Mix corn chips, and Parmesan cheese in bowl. Place salsa
in separate bowl. Salt and pepper chicken to taste, dip chicken in
salsa, then into corn chip mix. Place on a cooking sheet coated in olive
oil, after all chicken is coated and on pan spoon rest of salsa over
chicken. bake 1 hour or until chicken is done internally.
Serve over a
bed of Mexican rice.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, brown ground beef in skillet and drain. Add the taco seasoning, tomatoes, beans, and nacho cheese. In a 2 quart casserole dish, layer Frito's on the the bottom, add the hamberger mix, add another layer of Frito's and top with the Mexican Cheese blend. Bake uncover for 20 minutes, Serve with salsa and sour cream, if desired.

Preheat
oven to 350. Pick all bones out of salmon and drain, place all
ingredients in mixing bowl and mix well. Form into patties and place on a
sheet pan coated with olive oil.. sprinkle additional Parmesan cheese
over top of patties. Bake 30 minutes.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

I was in the mood to make no bake Nutella cookies, when I found that the link I had for the recipe did not work. After doing some search on the web, I found a healthy no bake cookie. So I altered it a little to include some Nutella. So here is the recipe.

Heat the milk, sugar, and chocolate. Add the peanut butter and/or nutella and vanilla, ounce it is melted, add the remaining ingredients. Drop by teaspoon size onto a platter and refrigerate until set. Store in refrigerator.
It did not make a lot. I got all my cookies to fit onto a dinner plate.

With all the stores competing for your business there are plenty of sales to take advantage of. Here are some tips to make that budget crunch stretch that much further:

1. Know what stores you want to patronize (in my area ie. Russ's IGA (r), Super Saver (ss), Hy-vee(hv)) I use 3 or 4 stores that are close to home so gas and milage does not factor in.

2. Know the basic prices of all your stores of items you use an a regular basis that are not on sale.

3. Sales flyers hit in Wednesdays. Read your flyers, look-up you stores on the internet (most websites have internet only ads.), take advantage of the 2 day sales or limited time offers. if ththe store has an"once in a life time price break" that you know will never happen again STOCK UP! If your store is out of a sales item get a rain check, it's not your fault they were not ready for you, they are usely good for 1 month and can add up in savings.

4. Make your weekly menu from the sales ads (of course combined with what your family likes). Be smart (if there is only 2 of you and they have whole chickens on sale make plans for 2 meals out of that chicken.)

5. Make your shopping list: item by item, place a note by each item where you are going to purchase from. If a sale item note that also by item, if not on sale and not sure where to buy list all places.

6. Start shopping at the store you think has the best overall prices. Buy all sales items, and complete your list with all the items you know are cheapest at this store, repeat at the next store, then finish your list at the last store.

7. Be creative, be flexible, and use your common sense, When shopping for an item the store will display items at different eye levels, the most expensive will be at eye level and the cheapest is usually on the top shelf or the bottom shelf. You can be brand loyal if you want but most of the time the house brand is made by a major brand you just don't pay for the advertising.

8. Take a calculator if your not good with numbers and do the math for the best price, per ounce, per serving , or whatever the common denominator is.
I have found if you use coupons use zero in on that products and there is another brand (usually the house brand) right next to it without a coupon. Good luck and have fun with it. Try new items and flavors, it will open a whole new world.

Thursday, November 01, 2012

It is time again for another edition of Show Your Stuff. Instead of showing off a food item, I am showing off a new baby hat pattern I wrote. You can find the pattern here on my other blog, Treasures Made From Yarn.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

What I have to share this week is a coast made of magazine strips. I have seen bowls and coasters a while back and wanted to try it out.

All I did was make about 1 inch folded it in thirds and rolled it up and fastened it with tape (because it is all I had on hand) I attached the next strip with tape and rolled around the previous strip. I am finding that I am not getting it tight as I like it. Next time I might use glue or a glue stick.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

I wonder how receptive my family would be if I made this recipe: The Sweet Details: Ice Cream Pumpkin Pie: I went to a ice cream parlor and had pumpkin pie soft serve, it blew my mind! I thought "I can make that!" so I started searching for a re...

Take a slice of the the eggplant and first dip it in the breadcrumb mixture, then the buttermilk, and then the flour. Fry 3-4 minutes on each side. remove excess grease and place on a baking sheet. Once all the eggplant is fried up and placed on the baking sheet, top each slice with a couple tablespoons of spaghetti sauce and shredded cheese. place in 350 degree oven until the cheese is melted and brown. Serve as is or with noodles.